Students’ tendency to violate discipline affects teaching and learning at school, such as procrastination of task completion or called as academic procrastination. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Islamic-based Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) group counseling to improve discipline and reduce students’ procrastination. It used pretest-posttest control group design and involved 20 subjects from SMP Al-Musyaffa Kendal. Based on the results of Wilcoxon and Man-Whitney analyses, the Islamic-based Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) group counseling could improve discipline and reduce procrastination. It infers that the Islamic-based Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) group counseling implemented through the reinforcement of morals, praying, and fasting is effective in increasing discipline and reducing procrastination.
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